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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Formatting 8" Floppies on Series III

2005-02-09 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

This will probably be about right then, as 8" drives aren't SCSI as far as I know. Also, After doing several discs, I noticed that the disc doesn't take very long to format (1 minute say), but the verification and checking of good sectors takes up all the time. If this is the case, can I do a quick format where it will skip this verification process?

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers,
Peter

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-----Original Message-----
From: David J. Wilson [mailto:jeepcherokee_10@yahoo.com]
Sent: 09 February 2005 05:15
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Formatting 8" Floppies on Series III




Peter,

for reference, formatting/partitioning external SCSI HD's
on a Series III takes me about 25 minutes or more per HD.
I believe it is recommended to exit CMI software completely when
doing formatting, not just shell out.

David


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter" <PeterC@C...> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've noticed formatting floppies on a Series III it takes quite 
> quite some time. Around 10+ mins per disc. Is this right, or is 
> there possibly something wrong with my drive?
> 
> I'm doing this in OS9, but without actually 'fully' quitting from 
> CMI, ie by pressing "$", instead of typing "QUIT". I might try a 
> full quit, see what happens...
> 
> Does anyone use Nashua 8" discs? That's what I'm using, but don't 
> know if they're a decent quality.
> 
> Also, on my last format I got "number of good sectors: $0010C9". 
Is 
> this about right?
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter






 
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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Formatting 8' Floppies on Series III

2005-02-09 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

Peter,

I would recommend you always check the formatted disks for errors, you are
storing your system files on it. It HAS to be flawless.

Think of the enormous amount of extra time it will cost you to attempt to
recreate the disks in case of one failed sector..

Regards,
Harald.

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> This will probably be about right then, as 8" drives aren't SCSI as far as
> I know. Also, After doing several discs, I noticed that the disc doesn't
> take very long to format (1 minute say), but the verification and checking
> of good sectors takes up all the time. If this is the case, can I do a
> quick format where it will skip this verification process?
>
> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter